Amusement device.



S. D. UPHAM.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 1911. RENEWED JAN. 6, 1914.

1,096,577. Patented May 12, 1914.

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SHERMAN D. UPHAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed February 21, 1911, Serial No. 610,108. Renewed January 6, 1914. Serial No. 810,657.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN D. UPHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in amusement devices and has for its object to provide a means whereby a toy parachute may be projected into the air so that it may open up and graduall sail down.

With the above an other objects in view I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View through a spring gun, Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of projecting member, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of a parachute, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a gun ready for action, Fig. 5 is a transverse view taken on line AA of Fig. 1, Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line B-B of Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is an elevational view of a parachute partially collapsed.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the accompanying drawings in which- 1 is a gun having a barrel 2, depending into which is a member 3 which is adapted to form an abutment for the spring 4. located in the projecting tube 5 which isprovided with a closed end 6 to which the end 7 of the spring 4 is fixed. The end 8 of the barrel 2 is slightly reduced to form a stop for the member 5 and prevent its passin from said barrel when the spring is released. The tube is provided with a longitudinal slot 9 in which the neck 10 of the member 3 has a passage when said tube 5 is being forced out by the released spring. In the inner end 11 is an opening 12 which is adapted to be engaged by the head 15 of the member 13 pivoted at 14 and which is adapted to be tri ped by the trigger 16. A spring 17 holds t e member 15 in a normal position. The parachute 18 which is secured to the weighted rod 19 by the cords 20 is placed in the position in relation to the rod 19 and then twisted therearound as shown in Fig. 2 the head 21 of the barrel 2 and against the end 6 of the tube and that member forced inwardly until the head 15 of the member 13 enters the opening 12 and locks the spring 4 in a compressed position so that when the trigger 16 is pulled the spring suddenly released will cause the member 5 to project the parachute into the air, which will open up and sail gradually to the ground.

Having now described In invention that which I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

A gun for projecting parachutes consisting of a stock having a bore therein, a barrel connected to said bore, a tube slidable in said bore and barrel, a spring ada ted to hold said tube normally projected in said barrel, said tube having a longitudinal slot therein, an abutment projecting in said bore over which said tube may slide, said spring adapted to be compressed between said abutment and the end of said tube, the outer end of said barrel being reduced in circumference whereby a shoulder is joined to limit the movement of said tube, said tube having an opening therein, and a pivoted trigger having oppositely curved ends, one of said ends adapted to engage said opening.

In testlmony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SHERMAN D. UPHAM. Witnesses:

H. H. VAUPELL, WILLIAM BRADY. 

